NMS Archaeology Object 127786: X.DI 2 - Blade


Description

Summary


Blade of bronze for a dagger or knife, with rivets to attach it to a handle, from a cist at Drumlanrick, Perthshire, 2250 - 1950 BC


Accession Number


X.DI 2


Other references

Not recorded1874

Original description

BRONZE BLADES. Bronze blade, tapering, with rivets, 4 1/2 in. long, from cist at Drumlanrick, near Callander, Perthshire. HMcC note, 1998-99: Updated from SCRAN full data set.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Drumlanrick, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1874

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Unknown

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

Image

Image of Blade of bronze for a dagger or knife, with rivets to attach it to a handle, from a cist at Drumlanrick, Perthshire, 2250 - 1950 BC © National Museums Scotland
Image of Blade of bronze for a dagger or knife, with rivets to attach it to a handle, from a cist at Drumlanrick, Perthshire, 2250 - 1950 BC © National Museums Scotland

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